For the past fifteen years no one questioned the Sacred Hour in the town of Candlewick. Until one night a mysterious conch shell sounds throughout the Sacred Hour, only to be heard by two young teenagers. Aurora Alvarez is a misfit amongst her peers, desperately trying to fit in but failing to live up to the expectations of her parents and society. She unexpectedly discovers she is fated to ally herself with none other than rebellious Boreas Stockington, who allegedly escaped from the impenetrable Candlewick Prison. These two young teenagers must embark on a perilous adventure where they need to help Otus, a thirty-foot giant, prevent a cataclysmic event from occurring—the Geometric Storm. The journey will take them far from the safety of Wishbone Avenue and into the depths of the unknown and the secrets of the past. However, nothing could prepare these unlikely heroes for facing their own inner demons and the realization that Aurora and Boreas are on this quest together, whether they want to be or not.
Biography
Melissa Kuch was born and raised on Long Island, New York. As the middle child of three girls, she always loved telling stories and writing poetry in birthday cards for both her family and friends, being called "the writer" at an early age. She first realized her passion for writing after her first short story was read before her third grade class. Since then, her work includes writing the one-act plays "Looks Like Me" (2005) and "Mulligans" (2006) which were performed in the St. John's University Bromidean Project (NYC). Two of her plays "Tea Under the Lilac Tree" (2008) and "Mismatched Socks" (2011) moved onto the Semi-Finals in the Strawberry One-Act Festival (NYC). She worked as co-lyricist for award winning singer/songwriter Erin Michele on the album "Beneath the Curtain" which was released in 2006. In 2010, Melissa helped establish the fundraising event Metal for a Cause that raised money for Pediatric Cancer Research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital. Her short stories "To Secure a Husband", "Name Change" and "Cloud Pictures in the Sky" are available on Amazon.com. She is currently working on her four-part YA series "The Hypothesis of Giants" with book one, "The Assumption", scheduled to be published by the beginning of 2013. She is happily married to her husband Michael and they both currently reside in Queens, NY.
This one pulled me in and didnt let me go until the last page! I loved traveling along with the characters! This was a wonderful book! I cant wait for book two!
"*I received a copy of this book for free to review, this in no way
influenced my review, all opinions are 100% honest and my own."
